This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Traffic
and Parking Code."
A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force
or as hereafter amended,[1] enacted or reenacted, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments
to ordinances of Carroll Township. All traffic and parking signs currently
in place are hereby authorized and effective under this chapter.
A.
The Supervisors of Carroll Township or the Chief of Police shall
have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily
and in time of emergency:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm, heavy snowfall or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations for continuous
periods of not more than 60 days.
(2)
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works or in the
conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict or prohibit
traffic and/or parking in limited areas for continuous periods of
not more than 72 hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. No
person shall operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulations
and no owner shall permit same, nor shall any person move, remove,
destroy, injure or deface any sign erected or posted to give notice
of any such regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
If special services or equipment are required to facilitate or enforce
such emergency regulations, the normal bidding process, which would
be required if such services or equipment were necessary for non-emergency
circumstances, may be suspended by the Board of Supervisors.
A.
The Supervisors of Carroll Township may, from time to time, designate
places upon and along streets and alleys in the Township where, for
a period of not more than 90 days, specific traffic and/or parking
regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect
and shall designate such locations by proper signs and markings. Such
regulation, prohibition and restrictions shall be effective just as
if they had been specified in this chapter. No person shall operate
or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, prohibition
or restriction and no owner shall permit same, and no person shall
move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected or made
by authority or this section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
The purpose of this section is to allow for the testing and experimental
determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes
in the ordinances of the Township relative to traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Township are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways of the Township and at intersections
thereof, to enforce this chapter by criminal, civil or traffic proceedings
before a Magisterial District Judge or the York County Court of Common
Pleas and to exercise all applicable police powers hereunder and under
the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
